Sign for advertising.



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Patented Jun 17,1913.

G. GABET.

SIGN FOR ADVERTISING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET?.

Patented June 17, 1913.

GUSTAVE GABET, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

SIGN FOR ADVERTISING.

Application led May 22, 1911.

To all whom. t may concern Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE GABE-T, a citizen of4 the French Republic, residing in Paris, France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Signs for Advertising.

The object of this my invention is an apparatus for day and night advertising, which consists in arranging, on a net of any substance whatsoever and with elements of the proper shapes, sizes and distribution, any graphic representation analytically decomposed into elements made up of any appro-priate substance, of any shapes, sizes and distribution which can be quickly fixed up and in an essentially movable manner in one or more elements of the net.

The invention is represented by the drawing in which: l

Figure 1 shows a section of a knob which may have a smooth or decorated surface. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are various shapes of knobs. Fig. 7 rep` resents a plurality of thevknobs arranged on a net of metallic wire. Figs. 8, 9, 10 are modifications. Fig. 11 shows a perspective view of a knob. Fig. 12 is a front view of one shape of a knob.` Fig. 18 isa plan thereof. Fig. 14 is a section on line A-A of Fig. 13; Fig. 15 is a horizontal section on line B--B of Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a section of the fixing organ. Figs. 17, 18, 19 represent an advertising panel by day and night lighting. Fig. 20 represents a section of a modification of a knob with fixing arrangement, designed for a perforated iron sheet. Fig. 21 shows a knob provided with a nail for fixing on a plate of wood or other material. Fig. 22 shows a knob `withont device of fixation and t0 be fixed by paste on the frame.

According to the principle of the inven tion, being given a screen a made up of a metallic wire or any other appropriate substance, and of a circular, square, rectangular' or other section, into this screen are introduced blocks 4or knobs provided with their own means of fastening which allows their removal and therefore their various disposition according to the letters or designs required.

The knobs are preferably hollow and made of glass, cut lass, porcelain, Celluloid, etc., either polished or unpolished and able to receive either outwardly or inwardly a coat of 'white ortinted enamel, of varnish or gilding to show a luminous or mat re- Speciieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jam-517, reis.

Serial No. 628,725.

springs care arranged in such a way as tobe provided with curves which allow of their being adapted to the inner part of the meshes'of the net and to be elastically applied to the wires of the latter.

In Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 the knob is composed of a hollow body preferably made of blown glass, of any coloring, and silver plated inwardly,'and is provided with a head-piece of any appropriate shape and having at its front part a slightly concave surface intended to multiply the favorable angles of incidence, and therefore to increase the power of the light. The body of the knob is lengthened into a cylindrical part c of a smaller diameter than the headpiece Z so as to constitute under the,latter a shouldering which forms a limit to the penetration by the knob into the wire net.

stopper g preferably of cork is placed in the hollow part e and has incased in two grooves which it bears along two of its opposite sides, lthe branches of a clasp h formed by an elastic wire curved in the shape of a stirrup and ended by two curved parts bent toward the outer side of the cylindrical tail end e. -A filling of two or any other suitable substance is arranged at the bottom of the body (Z Fig. 14 between the latter and the clasp h so as to protect the plated surface of the knob. A metallic ring .i provided with notches for the placing of the arms of clasp l1. is lplaced between the latter and the stopper. The network on which it is intended to place knobs may be of any arrangement or combination of empty and full spaces, metallic netting, perforated iron sheet, etc. In the case of a perforated iron sheet the knobs are fixed as shown in Fig. 20. The clasp h is made of a thin doublekneed blade which has the shape as the' clasp in the preceding arrangement but of which the arms are brought close together. The median part of this clasp b may be lwidened soas to form a head which can' be sealed into some plastic snbstance n. f

Fig. 17 represents a panel which is provided with a' reflector j provided with eleci triclamps o :of various colors vfor regular or board. The stays Z allow the fixing of the reflector j, which may be adorned with any suitable ornamentations, so that when raised it may appear to be a part of the panel itself.

Fig. 19, shows a fixed reflector j. The Fig. 21 shows a knob provided with a nail 'a placed in the filling substance o and designed for fixing in a frame of wood or other material; and the Fig. 22 shows a knob without device of fixation and to be fixed by paste on the frame.

Having now fully described and asccrn tained the nature of my aforesaid invention and the mannerin which it is to be applied, I declare that what I claim is:

1. In a sign for advertising, the combination with a net of metallic wire, of a frame carrying the same; movable blocks having a head part with specular facets of glass, the said blocks provided with theirown means of fixation consisting of springs having voutwardly bowed blades, and adapted to be inserted directly into the said net to form letters and words, the specular facets of said blocks being visible in daylight when not illuminated, substantially as described and shown and set forth for the purpose.

2. In a sign for advertising the combination of a net of metallic wire with movable blocks provided with their own means of.

fixation, the said means consisting of elastic springs having outwardly bowed blades adapted to be inserted directly into one opening 'of the net and to coperate with the retaining face of said opening to maintain-the said block in proper position upon said net; the said outwardly bowed blades of the springs pressing laterally into engagement with said retaining face, substantially as described.

GUSTAVE GABET.

Witnesses JEAN PAUL BONNICART, H. C. CoXE. 

